Sec. 228.052. OPERATION OF TOLL PROJECT OR SYSTEM. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with one or more persons to provide, on terms approved by the department, personnel, equipment, systems, facilities, and services necessary to operate a toll project or system, including the operation of toll plazas and lanes and customer service centers and the collection of tolls.
(b) A person that enters into an agreement with the department to provide services for a customer to pay an amount on an electronic toll collection customer account at a location other than a department office may collect from the customer a service charge in addition to the amount paid on the account.
(c) The commission by rule shall set the maximum amount a person may collect as a service charge under Subsection (b), which may not exceed $3 for a payment transaction.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.40, eff. June 14, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 634 (S.B. 1467), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - State Highway System
Chapter 228 - State Highway Toll Projects
Subchapter B. Use and Operation of Toll Projects or Systems
Section 228.052. Operation of Toll Project or System
Section 228.054. Toll Payment Required; Emergency Vehicles Exempt
Section 228.0545. Toll Not Paid at Time of Use; Invoice
Section 228.0546. Invoice Requirements; Payment Due Date
Section 228.0547. Payment of Toll Invoice; Offense
Section 228.055. Exceptions for Leased or Transferred Vehicle
Section 228.056. Presumptions; Prima Facie Evidence; Defenses
Section 228.057. Electronic Toll Collection
Section 228.058. Automated Enforcement Technology
Section 228.059. Toll Collection and Enforcement by Other Entity